17-17 Mn with left foot, Ls with right, dance the first half of a Highland Schottische step;

18-18 continuing the Highland Schottische step, both couples travel sideways on the first beat, Mn passing back to back, and, on the third beat, Ls dance on the spot so that their partners make a ¼ clockwise turn around them, finishing with Ls on the inside, 1L facing down and to the right, 2L facing up and to the right;

19-19 Ls with left foot, Mn with right, dance the first half of a Highland Schottische step;

20-20 continuing the Highland Schottische step, both couples travel sideways on the first beat, Ls passing back to back, and, on the third beat, Mn dance on the spot so that their partners make a ¼ clockwise turn around them, finishing with Mn on the inside, 2s now above 1s, having exchanged positions since bar 17;

Dance Notes

17-24 As an aide-mémoire, the dancer who is on the right foot step (and also on the outside) must not travel sideways on the 7th beat of the 2-bar step; instead s/he must dance on the spot so that her/his partner naturally makes the ¼ turn around her/him.

33-40 Double toe-off (Highland) step is a derivative of the Glasgow Highlanders' step with a different first bar.

(Dance notes by Reuben Freemantle)

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The recommended recorded music is that for Rouken Glen.

Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.

The site of Carisbrooke Castle may have been occupied in pre-Roman times. A ruined wall suggests that there was a building there in late Roman times. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions that Wihtgar, cousin of King Cynric of Wessex, died in AD 544, and was buried there. The Jutes may have taken over the fort by the late 7th century. An Anglo-Saxon stronghold occupied the site during the 8th century. Around 1000, a wall was built around the hill as a defence against Viking raids.